Harvard Art Museums > M21543: Primitive Man Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Primitive Man (Edvard Munch) , M21543,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/252937. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M21543 People Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway) Title Primitive Man Other Titles Original Language Title: Urmennesket Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1905 Places Creation Place: Europe, Norway Culture Norwegian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/252937 Physical Descriptions Medium woodcut printed in black ink on off-white Japanese paper Technique Woodcut Dimensions block: 68.5 × 45.5 cm (26 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.) sheet: 79 × 54.8 cm (31 1/8 × 21 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite: E Munch / Lashally inscription: lower margin edge, centered, graphite: 400 collector's mark: verso, purple stamp, apparently associated with a graphite inscription: [inscription] III 6/1062 [the stamp is in the shape of a magnifying glass with a stubby handle, not found in Lugt] collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lynn and Philip A. Straus, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, July 13, 1991. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State only state Standard Reference Number Woll 274b, Schiefler 237 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, class of 1937 Accession Year 1991 Object Number M21543 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, exh. cat., W. W. Norton & Company and Busch-Reisinger Museum (New York and London, 1983), pl. 45 Elizabeth Prelinger, Guide to the Exhibition "Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker. Prints from The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection", brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1983), checklist Exhibition History Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/06/1983 - 11/27/1983; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, 01/29/1984 - 03/25/1984 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
